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isPermaLink="false">http://richmaloy.com/?post_type=book-review&#038;p=2228</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow. This series is so good. What other author but Alastair Reynolds can create a world that blends space travel with steampunk? OK, the habitats are not strictly steampunk (i.e. powered by steam) but the descriptions make the habitations sound old-timey, gritty, and like everyone is bustling about with a cane and monocle. But I digress. Book two in the series is told from Adrana's point of view, and is just as insightful and intense. The action doesn't move quite as fast as in Revenger, but it is just as good, and the deeper conspiracy is just under the surface the whole time. I'm loving this series and can't wait for book three to come out. <div
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class="bc-boxbc-box-padding-nonebc-spacing-small"></p><blockquote><p><b>The gripping sequel to the Locus award-winning science-fiction adventure </b><b><i>Revenger</i></b><b> tells a story of obsession and betrayal as two sisters hunt for the greatest treasure in the universe.</b></p><p>Adrana and Fura Ness have finally been reunited, but both have changed beyond recognition. Once desperate for adventure, now, Adrana is haunted by her enslavement on the feared pirate Bosa Sennen&#8217;s ship. And rumors of Bosa Sennen&#8217;s hidden cache of treasure have ensnared her sister, Fura, into single-minded obsession.</p><p>Neither is safe; because the galaxy wants Bosa Sennen dead, and they don&#8217;t care if she&#8217;s already been killed. They&#8217;ll happily take whoever is flying her ship.</p><p><i>Shadow Captain</i> is a desperate story of cursed ships, vengeful corporations, and alien artifacts, of daring escapes and wealth beyond imagining&#8230;and of betrayal.</p></blockquote></div><div
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isPermaLink="false">http://richmaloy.com/?post_type=book-review&#038;p=2125</guid><description><![CDATA[A series of short stories in the Revelation Space universe, my recommendation is that you only read it after having read all the others in the series. The stories start back at the very beginning of humankind first reaching out beyond the solar system, and continues all the way out to the end. Though the stories stand alone, some are intertwined with each other, and all are interwoven into the whole Revelation Space universe. Another top-notch book in the series. <div
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class="bc-textbc-color-secondary">Centuries from now, the basic right to expand human intelligence beyond its natural limits has become a war-worthy cause for the Demarchists and Conjoiners. Only vast lighthugger starships bind these squabbling colonies together, manned by the panicky and paranoid Ultras. And the hyperpigs just try to keep their heads down.</span>The rich get richer. And everyone tries not to think about the worrying number of extinct alien civilizations turning up on the outer reaches of settled space&#8230;because who&#8217;s to say that humanity won&#8217;t be next?</p><p>Set in the <i>Revelation Space</i> universe, this is the first short story collection by the author who has been called &#8220;one of SF&#8217;s best and most ambitious novelists&#8221;. The eight stories included in <i>Galactic North</i> are &#8220;Great Wall of Mars&#8221;, &#8220;Glacial&#8221;, &#8220;A Spy in Europa&#8221;, &#8220;Weather&#8221;, &#8220;Dilation Sleep&#8221;, &#8220;Grafenwalder&#8217;s Bestiary&#8221;, &#8220;Nightingale&#8221;, and &#8220;Galactic North&#8221;.</p></blockquote></div><div
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isPermaLink="false">http://richmaloy.com/?post_type=book-review&#038;p=2122</guid><description><![CDATA[I read this right after The Prefect, and to me it's the perfect follow-on novel. The absolute strangeness of Chasm City is magnificent. Though I normally prefer space operas that bounce from world to world spanning the galaxy in all its splendor, I love Chasm City. The city itself seems to be a character of its own. It's especially interesting because I read this right after The Prefect, which takes place in the Glitter Band, which Chasm City was part of before the Melding Plague brought the whole band into ruin. This is a fantastic book that I've read and enjoyed multiple times. <div
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isPermaLink="false">http://richmaloy.com/?post_type=book-review&#038;p=2113</guid><description><![CDATA[The Revelation Space universe is outstanding. In this installment, we go to the "Glitter Band" time and place and follow a detective uncovering a system-threatening mystery. There are some incredible aspects to this book that I love to revisit. In this story Reynolds creates a number of throw-away worlds that the characters visit once and are never revisited in the rest of the series... because the universe is so absolutely massive. But even in those throw-away worlds, you're drawn in to an unique story or angle that leaves a lasting impression. It serves to make the world feel more real by its shear size. I digress. This detective novel inside a space opera inside a fantastic sci-fi universe has great twists and does not disappoint. <div
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isPermaLink="false">http://richmaloy.com/?post_type=book-review&#038;p=1854</guid><description><![CDATA[John Lee narrating an Alastair Reynolds space opera sci-fi book. It doesn't get better than that. One of my all-time favorite stand-alone novels, I heartily recommend this to anyone. I've read this book more than any other in my library—though I've lost count, I've easily read it five times.It covers more spacetime in one novel than most sci-fi series do throughout multiple books. Many species and planets are visited, sometimes at length, sometimes briefly. The diverse cultures and unique perspective of a near-immortal group of humans traversing the galaxy never gets old.  And it's all wrapped up in a galaxy-wide, species-threatening mystery thriller. <div
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class="bc-text bc-color-secondary">Six million years ago, at the very dawn of the starfaring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones: the shatterlings. Sent out into the galaxy, these shatterlings have stood aloof as they document the rise and fall of countless human empires. They meet every 200,000 years to exchange news and memories of their travels with their siblings.</span>Not only are Campion and Purslane late for their 30-second reunion but they have also brought along an amnesiac golden robot for a guest. But the wayward shatterlings get more than the scolding they expect: they face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line, and there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst. The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them and why&#8212;before their ancient line is wiped out of existence forever.</p></blockquote></div><div
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isPermaLink="false">http://richmaloy.com/?post_type=book-review&#038;p=1848</guid><description><![CDATA[The Revelation Space universe is one of my favorite Sci-Fi universes. Alastair Reynolds is one of my favorite authors. And John Lee is hands-down my favorite narrator—he could read your grocery list and make it as profound as a presidential eulogy. In the first book you'll encounter the major factions of the universe, get a teaser for some future settings, and get introduced to the technology used throughout. All while unraveling an ancient secret. It's a good read.<div
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class="bc-textbc-color-secondary">Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself.</span>With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason. And if that reason is uncovered, the universe &#8211; and reality itself &#8211; could be irrevocably altered.</p></blockquote></div><div
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